Shawcor Provides Update on Outstanding Pipe Coating Bids

Shawcor Ltd. (TSX:SCL) is providing an update on two large pipe coating projects that it has recently bid.

The Company is announcing today that it has been awarded a conditional contract with a value in excess of C$300 million from Infraestructura Marina del Golfo (IMG), a Mexican company majority-owned by TransCanada Corporation and partially owned by IEnova, for pipeline coating for the CFE Sur de Texas – Tuxpan gas pipeline project, a 690 km offshore pipeline that will run from the USA/Mexico international border near Brownsville, Texas to a location near Tuxpan, Mexico. The contract is expected to be finalized shortly and is scheduled to be executed from 2 coating plants in Altamira, Mexico and involves the application of concrete weight coating. Coating is expected to commence in early 2017 with completion expected by the end of 2017.

Shawcor is also announcing today that it does not expect to participate in the pipe coating for the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project. Further information regarding the Nord Stream 2 project can be found on the Nord Stream 2 website (www.nord-stream2.com).

Shawcor Ltd. is a global services company specializing in products and services for the pipeline and pipe services segment of the oil and gas industry and related products for the petrochemical and industrial market. The Company operates through a global network of fixed and mobile manufacturing and service facilities and is valued for its integrity, technology and proven capability to execute the most complex projects in its industry.

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